The Philadelphia Eleven: A Viewing Event
Sunday, February 23 / 12:00 pm / Crossroads Hall
We invite you to join us for a screening of the The Philadelphia Eleven, a documentary which tells the dramatic and faith-filled story of the eleven women who were the first to be ordained in the Episcopal Church fifty years ago in 1974.
We will offer a light lunch and be joined by parishioners from St. David's Episcopal Church in Cranbury. A freewill offering will be accepted to offset the $250 fee for showing the film.
About the film:
"In an act akin to civil disobedience, a group of women and their supporters organize their ordination to become Episcopal priests in 1974. The Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia welcomes them, but change is no small task. The women are harassed, threatened and banned from stepping on church property.
In this feature-length documentary film, we meet the women who challenge the very essence of patriarchy within Christendom and succeed in building a movement that transforms an age-old institution."